2007-1 The Beginning of an Era Save the Date

Weber State University
WSU DEVELOPMENT OFFICE 4018 University Circle Ogden.UT 84408-4018
1. David Eccles
2. Thomas D. Dee
3. E.Q.,W.H.,W.L Wattis
Visit library.weber.edu/ucc for more information on the symposium or the collection.
UTAH
International
center
Building on the legacy of Utah Construction
The Beginning of an Era
UTAH CONSTRUCTION/UTAH INTERNATIONAL
2007 Symposium
""Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.""
~ President Theodore Roosevelt, 1903
Three years before the 26th president of the United States spoke those words, Thomas D. Dec, David Eccles, and brothers Edmund O., William H., and Warren L. Wattis were poised to do great things. Just eight days after the turn of the century, these five entrepreneurs founded the Utah Construction Company.
It was an opportunity seized. It was their chance to ""work hard at work worth doing.It was the beginning of an era.
SAVE THE DATE
October 18, 2007
Featuring:
Presentations of research by the 2007 Utah International Center Fellows Dr. Thomas Alexander, Dr. Stan Layton and John Sillito
""Utah and the Western Pacific Railroad""
A photographic exhibit that retraces historical points of interest along the Western Pacific Railroad, specifically in the Feather River Gorge area
The Beginning of an Era
UTAH CONSTRUCTION/ UTAH INTERNATIONAL
2007 Symposium

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Weber State University
WSU DEVELOPMENT OFFICE 4018 University Circle Ogden.UT 84408-4018
1. David Eccles
2. Thomas D. Dee
3. E.Q.,W.H.,W.L Wattis
Visit library.weber.edu/ucc for more information on the symposium or the collection.
UTAH
International
center
Building on the legacy of Utah Construction
The Beginning of an Era
UTAH CONSTRUCTION/UTAH INTERNATIONAL
2007 Symposium
""Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.""
~ President Theodore Roosevelt, 1903
Three years before the 26th president of the United States spoke those words, Thomas D. Dec, David Eccles, and brothers Edmund O., William H., and Warren L. Wattis were poised to do great things. Just eight days after the turn of the century, these five entrepreneurs founded the Utah Construction Company.
It was an opportunity seized. It was their chance to ""work hard at work worth doing.It was the beginning of an era.
SAVE THE DATE
October 18, 2007
Featuring:
Presentations of research by the 2007 Utah International Center Fellows Dr. Thomas Alexander, Dr. Stan Layton and John Sillito
""Utah and the Western Pacific Railroad""
A photographic exhibit that retraces historical points of interest along the Western Pacific Railroad, specifically in the Feather River Gorge area
The Beginning of an Era
UTAH CONSTRUCTION/ UTAH INTERNATIONAL
2007 Symposium